Water Birds (1952) - SFdb

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Basic facts
Links and resources
Titles
Crew
Cast
Companies

About the film
Plot summary
Swedish censorship / rating
Technical specifications
Comments
Original work

Production location
Release dates
Soundtrack listing
Awards
Related films
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Basic facts

Original title	Water Birds
Film type	Short
Category	Documentary
Director	Ben Sharpsteen
Producer	Walt Disney
Screenplay	Winston Hibler Ted Sears William Otis
Production country	USA
Production company	Walt Disney Productions
Awards	Academy Award of Merit Show awards
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Swedish release	1953-12-21

Titles

Original title	Water Birds
Swedish release title	Vingar på vattnet
Alternative title	Sjöfåglar
Series title	A True-Life Adventure

Crew

Director	Ben Sharpsteen
Screenplay	Winston Hibler Ted Sears William Otis
Producer	Walt Disney (presenter)
Director of Photography	Arthur A. Allen Alfred M. Bailey Martin Bovey Stephen F. Briggs Murl Deusing Myron A. Elliott Ed N. Harrison Bert Harwell S. Paul Lindau Tom McHugh Alfred Milotte (as Alfred G. Milotte) Olin Sewall Pettingill Jr. Frances Roberts (as Frances F. Roberts) James R. Simon John H. Storer Norman Wakeman
Music	Paul J. Smith (as Paul Smith)
Film Editor	Norman R. Palmer (as Norman Palmer)
Production Mixer	Harold J. Steck
Visual Effects	Ub Iwerks (special processes)
Special Effects Animator	John Hench Josh Meador
Narrator	Winston Hibler (original)

Companies

Production Company	Walt Disney Productions
Copyright	Walt Disney Productions	1952-06-10	MP3555
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	RKO Radio Films AB	1953
Distributor in Sweden (16 mm)	Sparfrämjandet AB	1963

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number	83228
Date	1953-11-06
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	840 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 460, 380.

Technical specifications

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	RCA Sound System
Colour type	Colour
Colour system	Technicolor
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	840 meter
Length in minutes	31 min

Release dates

First showing	1952-06-26			USA	31 min	(förfilm till "The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men")
Release in Sweden	1953-12-21	China	Stockholm	Sweden	31 min	(förfilm till "Peter Pan")

Soundtrack listing

Original title	Ungerska rapsodier. Nr 2, ciss-moll
Composer	Franz Liszt	(1847)

Awards

Academy Award of Merit	Los Angeles	1953			(Best Short Subject, Two-reel)

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